Articles | Volume 19, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4307-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4307-2015
Research article
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23 Oct 2015
Research article |  | 23 Oct 2015

Historical changes in frequency of extreme floods in Prague

L. Elleder

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A flood frequency analysis for the Vltava River catchment based on an interpretation of documentary sources was carried out for a major profile in Prague. Six flood-rich periods in total were identified for 1118–2013. The most important were in the 16th and 19th centuries. The territory of the present Czech Republic might have experienced in the past, extreme floods comparable, with regard to peak discharge (higher than or equal to Q10) and frequency, to the flood events recorded recently.